tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3355663149540270953.post5320832997657884122..comments2023-04-12T05:47:36.251-07:00Comments on Ten Thousand Things: Isn't it time to cut military spending to fund human needs in Japan? Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3355663149540270953.post-53793941834802517272013-04-25T01:24:55.975-07:002013-04-25T01:24:55.975-07:00Thank you, there's a lot to read at that link....Thank you, there's a lot to read at that link.Sopheliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09891110033136610235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3355663149540270953.post-16038321063292438942013-04-20T10:25:09.124-07:002013-04-20T10:25:09.124-07:00Thank you Sophelia.
The transformation of Japan f...Thank you Sophelia.<br /><br />The transformation of Japan from a middle-class society to a relatively poor country has happened so fast. <br /><br />Found some of the information at Second Harvest Japan which links to a fact sheet in Japanese showing that the poverty rate of single parent households is 50.8%: <br /><br />http://2hj.org/english/problem/data.html<br />TenThousandThingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01364179920975074197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3355663149540270953.post-34606716217744034912013-04-20T02:03:15.157-07:002013-04-20T02:03:15.157-07:00I knew that there were a lot of people living in p...I knew that there were a lot of people living in poverty in Japan, but I had no idea the numbers are so high. Thank you for this important post. <br />Do you have a source you could share for the other statistics (I mean, except for the Gini Index)? I remember being given a flyer once about the percentage of people living in poverty who were single parents but I haven't been able to find the statistic again.<br />Sopheliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09891110033136610235noreply@blogger.com